Surat panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 08:18 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:52 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 11:02 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam 14:12 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:26
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:58 to 06:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:28
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:11
- Karana Gara until 07:28, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:26
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:46 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 02:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 02:08 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 02:08 – 06:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:08 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:52 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 11:02 | Good |
| Rog | 11:02 – 12:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:37 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Char | 14:12 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:23 – 18:58 | Good |
| Char | 18:58 – 20:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:23 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:47 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:12 – 00:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:37 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:02 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:51 – 06:16 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:01 Pisces
- 06:01 – 07:42 Aries
- 07:42 – 09:41 Taurus
- 09:41 – 11:55 Gemini
- 11:55 – 14:09 Cancer
- 14:09 – 16:19 Leo
- 16:19 – 18:28 Virgo
- 18:28 – 20:41 Libra
- 20:41 – 22:56 Scorpio
- 22:56 – 01:02 next day Sagittarius
- 01:02 – 02:50 next day Capricorn
- 02:50 – 04:24 next day Aquarius
- 04:24 – 05:57 next day Pisces
- 05:57 – 06:16 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method